Yokogawa Engineering Asia has launched an Industrial Cyber Resilience Center (ICRC) in Singapore, positioning it as a regional hub for Southeast Asia, Oceania and Taiwan focused on operational technology (OT) cyber readiness.
The company said the centre will provide cybersecurity training, solutions and services intended to help industrial organisations identify capability gaps, strengthen cyber resilience, and improve their ability to respond to and recover from cyber incidents.
Yokogawa linked the centre’s launch to a changing threat environment, citing the increasing use of automation and artificial intelligence by attackers and defenders, as well as the expanding convergence of information technology (IT) and OT environments. The company said many industrial organisations still run legacy systems and rely on IT-centric incident response playbooks that do not account for OT requirements such as safety, availability and operational continuity.
According to Yokogawa, the ICRC is built around a framework covering assessment, capability building and crisis readiness exercises. It includes cyber resilience assessments to evaluate maturity, vulnerabilities and gaps; customised training programmes and procedure development aligned with industry regulations; and cyber drills using tools including Yokogawa’s OT Security Simulator, cyber drill exercises and its ResilienceScore offering.
“With the launch of the ICRC, Yokogawa is reinforcing its commitment to helping customers navigate an increasingly complex cybersecurity landscape. Through the center, we are investing in both advanced capabilities and workforce development to strengthen resilience across IT and OT environments. Our goal is to help organizations build cyber resilience, enabling them to operate securely and innovate with confidence,” said Chay Kin Wah, President and CEO of Yokogawa Engineering Asia.
The company said that while preventive cybersecurity technologies are widely adopted, fewer organisations regularly test their ability to respond to and recover from incidents in OT environments, where decision-making must consider safety, production continuity and asset integrity. Yokogawa said it will use realistic cyber drill scenarios to help customers assess readiness, validate response plans and improve coordination among stakeholders.
“A key challenge for many organizations is not the lack of cybersecurity technologies, but the ability to recognize abnormal situations, respond effectively, and recover quickly from an incident. What makes the ICRC unique is its ability to validate organization’s preparedness by testing people, processes, and security controls under realistic cyber-physical conditions. As cyber resilience extends beyond a single organization, the ICRC also helps strengthen coordination across stakeholders, supply chains, and interconnected operational networks,” said Charles Lim, Head of Digital Security Solution, Yokogawa Engineering Asia.
